David Henry Hwang Quotes

Your performance gets you promoted. It doesn't matter if you're brown, back or white.

Actors have no color. That's the art form.

It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.

It is the policy of the state [of New York] that the American ideal of equality of opportunity requires that students ... be admitted to educational institutions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, or national origin.

Hereafter in the enlistment of men in the Army... no distinction whatsoever shall be made on account of race or color

The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race

Subsection (1) does not preclude any law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration of conditions of disadvantaged individuals or groups including those that are disadvantaged because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, or mental or physical disability

I don't think quotas are necessarily an evil. I think when we look at industry in general back to the '60s and the '50s, the way more diverse people like my dad and mom's generation were able to break into industry was because of affirmation action, because of quotas.

I'm against an all-white anything or an all-black anything.

Perhaps McCain has opposed affirmative action for so long that he doesn't know it's about inviting more people to meet standards, not lowering them.

It is of the highest importance to provide equal access to the labour market. Governments should act to establish equitable employment standards and penalise racial discrimination.

The reason we had an all-black outfield in '51 is Don Mueller got hurt, so Hank Thompson was a legitimate replacement. So what? People talk about, 'You're the first to do this. You're the first to do that.' Don't dwell on race all the time.

I don't want to have people brought in simply because they are black or Asian.

Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the world where racial discrimination is prohibited, and where the people can live freely? Never! I can assure you, they will never fight against either the Soviet Union or the peoples' democracies.

The Australian way of affirmative action is setting goals and recognising discrimination and lack of opportunity and deciding to take action and setting some goals and targets. I guess I prefer that language to talking about quotas.

I made a lot of friends at school, and they were all Africans. I could have felt very different. I didn't feel different, I didn't notice the color of their skin, I didn't notice the color of my skin and I have remembered that all my life.

Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.

Like all readers, I want my limits to be drawn by my own sensibilities, not by my melanin count.

I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an opportunity to get national television exposure.

I'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form.

Everyone's voice should be heard when it comes to racial barriers.

No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism.

We demand that segregation be ended in every school district in the year 1963! We demand that we have effective civil rights legislation - no compromise, no filibuster - and that include public accommodations, decent housing, integrated education, FEPC and the right to vote.

Equality means nothing unless incorporated into the institutions.

I have been a long and strong supporter of civil rights in my whole career. I led the fight to get the voting rights act re-enacted. I have been a strong supporter of affirmative action. I believe in it strongly.